Methodologies and Performance Metrics to Evaluate Multiprogram Workloads

The original use of the vehicle dashboard was to provide enough sensory information to inform the driver of the current engine and vehicle status and performance. Over time, it has evolved into an entertainment system that includes person-to-person communication, global positioning information, and the Internet, just to name a few. Each of these new features adds to the amount of information that drivers must absorb, leading to potential distraction and possible increases in the number and types of accidents. In order to provide an overview of these issues, this paper summarizes previous work on driver distraction and workload, demonstrating the importance of addressing those issues that compete for driver attention and action. In addition, a test platform vehicle is introduced which has the capability of assessing modified dashboards and consoles, as well as the ability to acquire relevant driving performance data. Future efforts with this test platform will be directed toward helping to resolve the critical tug-of-war between providing more information and entertainment while keeping drivers and their passengers safe. The long-term goal of this research is to evaluate the various technological innovations available for inclusion in the driving environment and determining how to optimize driver information delivery without excessive distraction and workload. The information presented herein is the first step in that effort of developing an adaptive distraction/workload management system that monitors performance metrics and provides selected feedback to drivers. The test platform (1973 VW Beetle converted to a plug-in series hybrid) can provide speed, location (GPS), 3-D acceleration, and rear proximity detection. The test drive route was a 2 km × 3 km city street circuit which took approximately 25 minutes to complete. Data is provided herein to demonstrate these capabilities. In addition, the platform has driver selectable layouts for the instrument cluster and console (LCD screens). The test platform is planned for use to determine driver preferences (e.g., dashboard/console configurations) and attention performance in addition to identifying optimal real-time feedback for drivers with different demographics.

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Hybridization as practice: clinical engagement with performance metrics and accounting technologies in the English NHS

Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal ◽

10.1108/aaaj-12-2019-4333 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Christos Begkos ◽

Katerina Antonopoulou

Keyword(s):

Performance Measurement ◽

Performance Metrics ◽

Healthcare Setting ◽

Business Managers ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Content Type ◽

Professional Boundaries ◽

Care Outcomes ◽

And Performance ◽

Clinical Engagement

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the hybridization practices that medical managers engage with to promote accounting and performance measurement in the hybrid setting of healthcare. In doing so, the authors explore how medical managers enact and become practitioners of hybridity.Design/methodology/approachThe authors adopt a practice lens to conceptualize hybridization as an emergent, situated practice and capture the micro-activities that medical managers engage with when they enact hybridity. The authors conducted semi-structured interviews with medical managers, business managers and coding professionals and collected documents at an English National Health Service (NHS) hospital over the course of five years.FindingsThe findings accentuate two emergent practices through which medical managers instill hybridity to individuals who are hesitant or resistant to hybridization. Medical managers engage in equivocalizing and de-stigmatizing practices to broaden the understandings, further diversify or reconcile the teleologies of clinicians in non-managerial roles. In doing so, the authors signal the merits of accounting in improving care outcomes and remove the stigma associated to clinical engagement with costs.Originality/valueThe study contributes to hybridization and practice theory literature via capturing how hybridity is enacted in practice in a healthcare setting. As medical managers engage with and promote accounting information and performance measurement technologies in their practice environment, they transcend professional boundaries and hybridize the professional spaces that surround them.

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Countrywide Integrated Capacity Model – Enabling Production Planning and Performance Management Leveraging Big Data and Digitization of Engineering Workflows

10.2118/206293-ms ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Iman Al Selaiti ◽

Maged Mabrook ◽

Mohammad Faizul Hoda ◽

Luigi Saputelli ◽

Hafez Hafez ◽

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Keyword(s):

Performance Management ◽

Production Planning ◽

Performance Metrics ◽

Operating Cost ◽

Opportunity Identification ◽

Production Forecast ◽

Capacity Model ◽

And Performance ◽

Corporate Level ◽

Operating Company

Abstract Production planning and performance management imply diverse challenges, mainly when dealing at corporate level in an integrated operating company. Production forecast considers technical capacities, available capacities, and operationally agreed target capacities. Such complex process may hinder taking advantage of market opportunities at the right time. Proactive scenario management and information visibility across the organization are key for success. This paper intends to share the lessons learned while rolling out a countrywide integrated capacity model solution supporting corporate production planning and performance management. The rollout processes aimed at digitizing the monthly and yearly production forecasting. In addition, these processes shall enable formulating proactive scenarios for avoiding shortfalls, maximizing gas throughput, production ramp up, and minimizing operating cost from existing capacity. Abu Dhabi's Integrated Capacity Model is an integrated production planning and optimization system relying on a large-scale subsurface-to-surface integrated asset model system; in this paper, we focus on the incremental progress of the challenges derived from the various rollout efforts. The rollout of such a complex solution relies on basic tenets for managing the change across a large organization. The first tactic is about continuous stakeholder engagement through value demonstration and capabilities building. Engagement is achieved by continuously providing information about proactive shortfall and opportunity identification within the installed asset capacity. Monthly asset reviews provide the basis for user interaction and initiate the basis for establishing ad-hoc production maximization scenarios. Establishing a data governance and performance metrics were also key for embedding the solution in the business processes. The solution delivers tangible and intangible value. From the tangible point of view, it contributes to production efficiency gains by compensating during specific proactively identified shortfalls and after-the-fact events. As a result, our solution has been instrumental in deriving cost reduction scenarios and profitability gains due to optimum GOR management. In addition, the system use has reported various intangible gains in terms of better data utilization, enhanced corporate database quality and reduced overall human load in managing production capacity. The solution described in the paper implements a simpler way the production planning and performance management at corporate level in a large integrated operating company. The in-house developed tool and its implementation is a novel approach in terms of integration, complexity, and practical application to the fields in Abu Dhabi.

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A Survey on Image Fusion Techniques and Performance Metrics

2018 Second International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology (ICECA) ◽

10.1109/iceca.2018.8474818 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

C.C. Chaithra ◽

N.L. Taranath ◽

L.M Darshan ◽

C.K. Subbaraya

Keyword(s):

Image Fusion ◽

Performance Metrics ◽

And Performance

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An improved supervisory protocol for automatic selection of routing protocols in environment-aware vehicular ad hoc networks

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks ◽

10.1177/1550147718815051 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (11) ◽

pp. 155014771881505 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ishtiaq Wahid ◽

Ata Ul Aziz Ikram ◽

Masood Ahmad ◽

Fasee Ullah

Keyword(s):

Routing Protocols ◽

Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Performance Metrics ◽

Mobility Model ◽

Operational Environment ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Microscopic Features ◽

And Performance ◽

Hoc Networks

With resource constraint’s distributed architecture and dynamic topology, network issues such as congestion, latency, power awareness, mobility, and other quality of service issues need to be addressed by optimizing the routing protocols. As a result, a number of routing protocols have been proposed. Routing protocols have trade-offs in performance parameters and their performance varies with the underlying mobility model. For designing an improved vehicular ad hoc network, three components of the network are to be focused: routing protocols, mobility models, and performance metrics. This article describes the relationship of these components, trade-offs in performance, and proposes a supervisory protocol, which monitors the scenario and detects the realistic mobility model through analysis of the microscopic features of the mobility model. An analytical model is used to determine the best protocol for a particular mobility model. The supervisory protocol then selects the best routing protocol for the mobility model of the current operational environment. For this, EstiNet 8.1 Simulator is used to validate the proposed scheme and compare its performance with existing schemes. Simulation results of the proposed scheme show the consistency in the performance of network throughout its operation.

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